Georgia is at a crowded carnival. As she's trying to get to the corn dog stand, someone in the crowd accidentally pushes and into another carnival-goer, causing that carnival-goer to get a black eye. Georgia is guilty of the tort of assault.

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Georgia did not intentionally cause harm to the carnival-goer, so she is not guilty of the tort of assault. The correct tort in this scenario would be battery, but even that may not apply if Georgia did not intend to harm the carnival-goer.

Georgia Is at a Crowded Carnival